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title: "Meet the Mess, Cont'd - Former Governor Cuomo Asked to Mediate Madoff Trustee's Lawsuit Against Mets Owners"
date: 2011-02-15T00:00:00-05:00
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# Meet the Mess, Cont’d - Former Governor Cuomo Asked to Mediate Madoff Trustee’s Lawsuit Against Mets Owners

  February 15, 2011

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The article reviews bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland’s overseeing of the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS). It reviews the judge’s appointing former Governor Mario Cuomo to serve as mediator in the lawsuit brought by Irving Picard, the BLMIS trustee, against Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, the owners of the New York Mets, their families and enterprises.

To read the article, please click [here](http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/bankruptcylaw/blogs/bankruptcylawblog/archive/2011/02/15/meet-the-mess-cont-d-former-governor-cuomo-asked-to-mediate-madoff-trustee-s-lawsuit-against-mets-owners.aspx).

To read part one of this article, please click [here](http://www.lexisnexis.com/COMMUNITY/BANKRUPTCYLAW/blogs/bankruptcylawblog/archive/2011/02/04/madoff-trustee-vs-the-wilpons-meet-the-mess.aspx).

 

 

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